Turkana leaders vow to fight for 10 percent oil share benefits

Governor Josphat Nanok (left) claimed the move was a plot by the Jubilee administration to exploit locals by deliberately reducing the benefits.

Turkana leaders have vowed to lobby other lawmakers to reverse proposed changes aimed at giving residents only five per cent of accrued benefits from oil.

Led by Senator John Munyes and area MPs, the leaders faulted the national government's plan to amend the Petroleum Bill 2015 to deny local communities a 10 per cent oil share benefit as earlier proposed.